Trowel.



PATENTED MAY 31, 1904.

G. MEYERS.

TROWEL.

APPLICATION FILED 11,111.31, 1904.

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UNITED STATES Patented May 31, v1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE MEYERS, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR TO E. O. ATKINS &COMPANY, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, A CORPORA- TION OF INDIANA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 761,242, dated May 31,1904.

Application filed March 31, 1904.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE MEYERS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Trowels, of whichthe following is a specification.

In the making of cement floors and walks in order to properly shape theedges of the walks and to form the grooves or seams which divide thesections, as is usually the case where the surface is thus divided,special tools are required. It is the object of my present invention toprovide attachments which may be removably secured to the ordinarytrowel whereby this work may be accomplished instead of having separatecomplete tools for the purpose, as has ordinarily been the case, thetrowel used by me in-carrying out my invention beingitself suitable forregular trowel use when the attachments are removed.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, which are made a part hereof,and on which similar reference characters indicate similar parts, Figure1 is a perspective view of a trowel of the variety in question ready tobe provided with attachments in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2, asimilar view when the trowel is provided with one of my edgingattachments; Fig. 3, a similar view when the trowel is provided with oneof my grooving attachments; Figs. 4 and 5, transverse sectional views ofthe structure illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3, respectively; and Fig. 6, adetail sectional view illustrating the. means of securing the attachmentto the trowel.

The blade 21, the handle-support 22, and the handle or grip 23 are,generally speaking, of the usual and well-known form, except that thehandle-support 22 is formed with two notches in the under side next tothe trowelblade, which when the parts are assembled form orificesthrough which the arms of the attachments may extend and wherein theymay be securely clamped by means of clamping-screws, as 24.

The attachments may be of any desired Serial No. 200,862. (No model.)

illustrated in this application two such attachments by means of whichthe trowel may be converted, respectively, into an edging-tool and intoa grooving-tool. Each of these attachments is provided with arms adaptedto extend through the orifices above described and be therein firmlyheld by suitable clamps, as screws 24.

The edging-tool, as is best shown in the sectional view Fig. 4,'consistsof two pieces of sheet-steel riveted or otherwise firmly securedtogether, one of which, 31, is adapted to lie closely along one edge ofthe trowel-blade and extend thence (in the shape desired) outwardly anddownwardly, so that it may be used in properly shaping the edge of acement walk or other like structure. The other part, 32, lies on top ofthis part 31 and overlaps the joint between the part 31 and thetrowel-blade 21 and has arms 33, which extend out on top the blade 21through the orifices between said blade and the handle-support 22 andare adapted to be held firmly in said orifices by the clamping-screws24, which are threaded into the'part 22 and are adapted to bear againstsaid arms 33 and force them down tightly against said blade or suchother suitable clamping means as may be provided. The outer edge of thispart is turned upwardly at 34, the

turned-up portion serving to rest against the guide-strip, which isplaced alongside where the work is being done for the purpose of guidingthe tool, as is usual and well known.

The grooving attachment is composed of a grooving-strip 41 of thecross-sectional size and shape of the groove which it is desired to formand the ends of which are prolonged and adapted to extend up over theends of the trowel and be there secured to a structure 42, having arms43,(similar to the arms 33 on the other attachment,) and which enter theorifices in the same way and are secured therein by the same means. Atthe outer edge this structure 42 has the turned-up portions 44, whichserve as guides to bear against a guide strip or support in the usualand well-known manner, as in the other case. As a matter ofconstruction, I prefer to cut out a considerable portion of the sheetmetal forming this structure, leaving a narrow strip 45 at the outerside, and to stiffen this strip by putting on a small bar 46, as thismakes rather a more rigid and consequently better construction than touse merely the sheet metal alone.

By means of my invention I am enabled to provide a trowel in whichmerely by the use of interchangeable and removable attachments 1 embodynot only acommon trowel,but all the various other tools required in thelaying of cement walks and floors, thus not only saving the operatorsomething in the way of expense, but (what is more important) enablinghim to have a set of tools of considerably less weight and bulk, andthus more easily carried and handled.

Having thus fully described my said invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination, in a trowel, of the blade, a handle-support secured tosaid blade and having recesses formed in its under side whereby orificesare provided between said blade and said handle-support, clamps mountedin said handle-support and adapted to bear upon parts inserted in saidorifice, and an attachment to the trowel provided with ears adapted toenter said orifices and be held therein by said clamps, substantially asand for-the purpose set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal, atIndianapolis, Indiana, this 28th day of March, A. D. 1904.

GEORGE MEYERS. [n s] Witnesses:

CHESTER BRADFORD, JAMES A. WALSH.

